he trusts no one. To throw everyone off the scent of his search for the truth of the ghost's statement that his uncle killed his father, he decides to act mad. Not necessarily a clever strategy, but certainly an entertaining one.
Hamlet acts crazy because he has just seen the ghost of his father and found out how he was killed and it's a little overwhelming...
Hamlet was acting weird because he was confused whether the ghost was his father or not.. that made him go crazy
His behavior is manic and outrageous. He plunks himself down next to Ophelia, and talks to her in the most coarse and obscene way. He calls out to his mother, yells at the actors "Is this a prologue or the posy of a ring?", and keeps up such a running commentary that Ophelia says tartly, "You are as good as a chorus, my lord." If he did not reveal himself in the following scene we might wonder whether Claudius was offended by the picture of his murder of Hamlet Senior or offended by Hamlet's behavior.
Hamlet's father dies (was murdered) before the play begins so in the first act first scene he appears as a ghost. The ghost appears on the battlements of the castles and is first seen by the sentries up there. It is these men that inform Hamlet of the appearance of his father's ghost.
Yes, she tells him (somewhat reluctantly) that Hamlet has "made tenders of his affection" to her in Act 1 Scene 3. In Act 2 scene 1 she tells him that Hamlet has appeared in her bedroom half undressed and has stared at her very intently in a weird way.
There are no publicly known songs that specifically go with each scene of Hamlet.
Horatio, in Act 1 scene 1. Hamlet doesn't see it until scene 4. It has to be this way because in scene 2 Horatio tells Hamlet that he has seen the Ghost.
His behavior is manic and outrageous. He plunks himself down next to Ophelia, and talks to her in the most coarse and obscene way. He calls out to his mother, yells at the actors "Is this a prologue or the posy of a ring?", and keeps up such a running commentary that Ophelia says tartly, "You are as good as a chorus, my lord." If he did not reveal himself in the following scene we might wonder whether Claudius was offended by the picture of his murder of Hamlet Senior or offended by Hamlet's behavior.
The Ghost says this in Act I Scene 5 of Hamlet: Murder most foul, as in the best it is, but this most foul, strange and unnatural."
Hamlet's father dies (was murdered) before the play begins so in the first act first scene he appears as a ghost. The ghost appears on the battlements of the castles and is first seen by the sentries up there. It is these men that inform Hamlet of the appearance of his father's ghost.
Yes, she tells him (somewhat reluctantly) that Hamlet has "made tenders of his affection" to her in Act 1 Scene 3. In Act 2 scene 1 she tells him that Hamlet has appeared in her bedroom half undressed and has stared at her very intently in a weird way.
There are no publicly known songs that specifically go with each scene of Hamlet.
In Scene 2, Horatio tells Hamlet that he has seen the ghost of Hamlet's father walking the battlements. Hamlet is much amazed and insists on accompanying Horatio to the battlements to keep watch. That's what they are doing in Scene 4.
The beginning plot of Hamlet ended in the last scene of Act 5.
Horatio, in Act 1 scene 1. Hamlet doesn't see it until scene 4. It has to be this way because in scene 2 Horatio tells Hamlet that he has seen the Ghost.
Hamlet. See http://www.opensourceshakespeare.org/views/plays/play_view.php?WorkID=hamlet&Act=1&Scene=1&Scope=scene
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Horatio plans to go meet Hamlet at Elsinore, which he does in Act 1 Scene 2. Horatio plans to meet Hamlet on the battlements, which he does in Act I Scene 4. Horatio plans to meet Hamlet at the play, and does in Act 3 Scene 2. Horatio has no plans to meet Hamlet in England.
Hamlet - questioning the meaning of life